Albadraco
Albadraco was a large flying reptile that lived on an ancient island in what is now Romania. It had a long beak like a stork and probably swooped down to catch fish from rivers and lakes.13
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Datos curiosos
Albadraco was an azhdarchid pterosaur, a group that includes some of the largest flying animals ever.1
Its fossils were found together in a single spot: two beak fragments and a neck bone from the same individual.1
Albadraco lived on 'Hațeg Island', a real island in the Cretaceous period, which was home to dwarf dinosaurs and giant pterosaurs.1
This pterosaur was not fully grown when it died, so adults might have been even larger.1
Albadraco was a medium-sized azhdarchid, bigger than Eurazhdarcho but smaller than the giant Hatzegopteryx.1
Its beak had no teeth, like other azhdarchids, and had tiny holes (foramina) on the surface.1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Albadraco
?How big was Albadraco?
Albadraco had a wingspan of about 5 to 6 metres (16 to 20 feet) based on its fossils, and adults may have reached 6 to 7 metres (20 to 23 feet).2
?When did Albadraco live?
Albadraco lived during the latest Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous, about 66 million years ago.2
?What did Albadraco eat?
Albadraco had a long, toothless beak like a stork and probably swooped down to catch fish from rivers and lakes.2
?Was Albadraco a dinosaur?
No, Albadraco was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur.2
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Albadraco
- Bautizado por
- Solomon et al. 20203
- Grupo
- Réptiles voadores
- Familia / clado
- Azhdarchidae3
- Clasificación
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea > Azhdarchidae3
- Idade das rochas
- de 72 a 66 millóns de anos (Maastrichtian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Şard3
- Países
- Romanía3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- Albadraco was named in 2020 by Solomon, Codrea, Venczel and Grellet-Tinner from fossils found at Oarda de Jos in Romania.31
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists debate whether Albadraco might be a young Hatzegopteryx, but the 2020 study concluded it is a separate species.1
De onde veñen os datos
- A new species of large-sized pterosaur from the Maastrichtian of Transylvania (Romania) (sciencedirect.com)
- Albadraco (en.wikipedia.org)
- Albadraco in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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